Codex App
Heavy-duty coding sessions with OpenAI.
Two $100 subscriptions running GPT 5.6 Sol Low. My go-to for heavy coding tasks where I need the model to think hard.
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State of AI
Mar 25, 2026|Living Document
Here's what I actually use every day. No affiliate links, no sponsored picks. Just the tools that survived my constant swapping and ended up earning a permanent spot in my workflow. This changes often — I'll keep it updated.
Coding
Where the actual building happens
Async agent for delegated coding tasks.
My async coding agent for work I can delegate and review when it is ready.
Zen (Cursor CLI)
UI taste and codebase orchestration.
I use Zed and its ACP protocol with Cursor CLI + Composer 2 for quick iterations.
The stack I use to build and ship.
The whole stack I use to build and ship — database to deployment. Wrote a full breakdown on the blog.
Apps & Tools
Everything else I reach for daily
Granola
Meeting notes without the manual cleanup.
AI meeting notes that actually work. Records, transcribes, and summarizes without me thinking about it.
OpenClaw + GPT 5.6 Sol Low
My everyday general assistant setup.
T3 Chat
Fast chatbot answers when I do not need an IDE.
For when I just need a fast answer from a chatbot without any IDE overhead.
Local autocomplete across Mac text fields.
AI autocomplete that predicts the next words directly inside the Mac apps I already use. It runs on-device, works across most text inputs, and lets me accept suggestions with Tab.
Simple image generation with reliable results.
Image generation that I keep coming back to. Simple interface, good results.
Agents Development
Building agents that actually do things
Durable AI agents and workflows in TypeScript.
A programmable TypeScript harness for building durable agents and workflows with any LLM, then deploying them anywhere.
General-purpose agent development.
For building general-purpose agents. Clean API, good abstractions for tool use and multi-step reasoning.
Coding-agent primitives out of the box.
Purpose-built for coding agents. Handles file operations, terminal access, and code generation out of the box.
Cloud workspaces for agent and dev environments.
Cloud sandboxes for dev environments. Spin up a full workspace in seconds, no local setup needed.